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The Administration believes that public participation enables our government to improve the delivery of services and information
to the public. Further, the use of Best Practices and Metrics enables us to continuously improve our practice of Public Participation.
Because the Administration's commitment to issue Best Practices and Metrics for Public Participation has been merged into
a larger and more ambitious effort, this commitment has not yet technically been fulfilled. The Federal Government's Digital
Government Strategy, launched May 23, 2012, puts forth an ambitious set of goals to modernize and improve the way government
delivers digital servicesto the American public. In order to align with deliverables required by the Digital Government Strategy,
the Best Practices document will be completed by the fall of 2013. With this new timeline in mind, the Administration has
begun to collectstakeholder input. Already, numerous Federal agencies have provided feedback on challenges they face when
seeking to enhance public participation.
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We will identify best practices for public participation in government and suggest metrics that will allow agencies to assess
progress toward the goal of becoming more participatory. This effort will highlight those agencies that have incorporated
the most useful and robust forms of public participation in order to encourage other agencies to learn from their examples.
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